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Looking good for Spangenberg so far according to Emeralds manager Pat Murphy.

http://padres.scout.com/2/1081492.html
"Spangenberg is everything you think he is,” said Murphy, who compared Spangenberg to an infielder he coached while at Arizona State—Dustin Pedroia. “He puts together good (at-bats) after good (at-bats). He plays solid defense. Plays every pitch of the game.

“He doesn’t do anything great except play the game great. He’s really impressive, and sometimes that doesn’t happen with a first rounder who has a lot of pressure on him. This kid is a gamer.”

thoughts on the first one: If you're drafted at 21-22 and want to be considered a legitimate prospect, you need to be moving through the system quickly. If you start in short-season, you need to move up to Low-A before the end of the year. Then the next year, you should be performing well enough in high-A to get promoted to AA mid-season. If you don't achieve these goals, you're in danger of your results being questioned because of your age, and that's totally fair.

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A Ball: 20 or younger you are fine, if you are 20 need to put up at least league average numbers, if you are 21-22 you better be one of top 10 hitters or pitchers in the league
Advance A ball: 21 or younger is fine, 20-21 you better put up at least league average numbers or close, 22 or 23 better be one of top hitters or pitchers in the league
AA: 22 or younger, if you are 23-25 you need to be raking or dominating on the mound, if you are 20 or younger and at AA you are in great shape.
AAA: 23 or younger, if you are older than that and want to be a legit prospect need to dominate, 21 or younger and you are in great shape

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thoughts on the first one: If you're drafted at 21-22 and want to be considered a legitimate prospect, you need to be moving through the system quickly. If you start in short-season, you need to move up to Low-A before the end of the year. Then the next year, you should be performing well enough in high-A to get promoted to AA mid-season. If you don't achieve these goals, you're in danger of your results being questioned because of your age, and that's totally fair.

I think that might be too aggressive of a mind set. In the article, it seems they are pointing out that the ages in the different minor league levels skew older than most analysts, like John Sickels, believe. I think there's something to be said to leaving players in the minors long enough to work on different aspects of their game. In the case of position players, perhaps it's beyond the typical batting average and power #s. It seems a lot of them have problems with their plate discipline (BBs) and strike zone control (Ks). They may have the BA or power #s but they have BB & K rates that are indicators of future problems in the majors. In the other article, it talks about the increase in "bust" probability for players that have a K% above a certain point. With what Rizzo is dealing with now, Blanks last year, and the others like Tekotte, Forsythe, the recent Padre promotions seem to really struggle with those areas.

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I think that might be too aggressive of a mind set. In the article, it seems they are pointing out that the ages in the different minor league levels skew older than most analysts, like John Sickels, believe.